Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you're going... The festival will begin at 4 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday. Every year in Mahoningtown, a giant mannequin ...

Resa "Cinnamon Black" Bazile first saw them in 1972, when she was 14 years old. She was immediately entranced. She can't say if it was Mardi Gras morning or during some other special occasion, but she ...

LOWELLVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Before donning a giant papier-mache doll costume and dancing while fireworks erupt from the outfit’s arms and head, Frank Speziale likes to have a beer and relax with friends.

Just a few decades ago, the baby doll tradition of New Orleans' Black neighborhoods seemed destined to fade. Only a handful of women celebrated Carnival Day in the signature satin dresses and baby ...